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Microsoft's has introduced a preview of an AI extension library aimed at creating a unified API for AI programming in C#. Additionally, it has released a .NET 9.0 release candidate with a go-live license, ahead of its general availability in November. The Microsoft.Extensions.AI library is designed as "a unified layer of C# abstractions for interacting with AI services." The goal is for developers of AI libraries, such as those for specific service providers, to implement these abstractions so that developers can interact with different AI services through a standard API. Microsoft notes that service-specific APIs can still be used where necessary, allowing developers to "pass through to proprietary APIs only when required." This approach is somewhat analogous to database interfaces ...

Google has been steadily improving its AI chatbot, Gemini, since its initial release. The latest update, the Gemini 1.5 Pro-002 model, is now available to developers and paid subscribers through Gemini Advanced. This follows the recent introduction of Gemini Live, which allows Android users to interact with the AI using voice commands. The Gemini 1.5 Pro-002 model is optimized for solving complex tasks like math, coding, and answering detailed queries with greater efficiency. It surpasses the previous version by enabling deeper conversations and handling more complicated math problems. Google reports a 7% boost in performance on the MMLU-Pro benchmark test, which measures reasoning skills. The model also showed a notable 20% improvement in the Math and HiddenMath benchmark tests. In ...

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Google Launches Gemini 1.5 Pro for Paid Subscribers